[Faith-talk] a PS about the Harry Potter phenomenon

[Christine Olivares]

I agree with you 100%. I loved the stories, and thought they were very well written and even full of morals.
> On Dec 30, 2014, at 4:35 AM, qubit via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all, before I stop writing for the night, I wanted to just say as a 
> followup to the thread a few days ago where I gave a brief overview of the 
> whole harry potter 7-book story.  I said something about the story, even 
> with the witchcraft and wizardry, actually having a weird resemblance to the 
> story of Jesus.
> I wanted to amend that statement to say that I think JK Rowling definitely 
> wove some threads of Christianity into her story, but I know that in several 
> important ways, it was not the same.
> The reason I thought of it again is that there was a Harry Potter movie 
> marathon on all last weekend, and I watched several of the movies to see 
> what they did with the story.
> The movies are well done.
> I don't know about "filling one's head" with that type of stories is a good 
> thing, but hey, when I was little, we used to see movies and tv shows with 
> witches and magic all the time, and I think that's part of being a child.
> Also, the kids in the story are such normal, good kids, and their 
> experiences reflect the types of things children run into in real life, and 
> learn valuable life lessons.
> I suppose such a creative and well written story couldn't help but become a 
> worldwide phenomenon.
> I still can't see why some people want to ban it.
> If children are taught what is make-believe and what is not, a little make 
> believe is a good thing.
> But there is a time and place for everything.
> The world is crazy.
> Take care.
> --le
> 
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